The Czech Afghanistan Contingent or Kontingent speciálních sil (KSS) was a joint military force of the

Czech Armed Forces The Czech Armed Forces (), also known as the Czech Army, are the military responsible for the defence of the Czech Republic as the main part of the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic (). The Czech Armed Forces led by the General Staff consis ...

deployed mainly in the southern region of

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...

in Kandahar province,

Nangarhar province Nangarhār (Pashto: ; Dari: ), also called Nangrahar or Ningrahar, is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the eastern part of the country and Border, bordering Logar Province, Logar, Kabul Province, Kabul, Laghman Province, Laghm ...

and

Helmand province Helmand (Pashto language, Pashto/Dari language, Dari: ; ), also known as Hillmand, in ancient times, as Hermand and Hethumand, is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, in the south of the country. It is the largest province by area, covering ...

. Czech combat forces were in Afghanistan several times - in 2004, 2006, 2008-2009 and in 2011-2012. The Czech fighting unit serving in Afghanistan was the 601st Special Forces Group (601. skupina speciálních sil). In addition to Czech combat units in Afghanistan to work as field hospitals, engineer units and police and military instructors to help train the Afghan police and army.The history of Czech foreign missions
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Deployment Units

*601. skupina speciálních sil ( 601st Special Forces Group) - special forces *6. polní nemocnice - field hospital *7. polní nemocnice - field hospital *11. polní nemocnice - field hospital *3. vrtulníková jednotka - helicopter unit *5. vrtulníková jednotka - helicopter unit *6. vrtulníková jednotka - helicopter unit *7. vrtulníková jednotka - helicopter unit

Size

Combat forces: Non-combat forces:

References

{{Reflist Military units and formations of the Czech Republic International Security Assistance Force units and formations (Afghanistan) Military units and formations disestablished in 2012 War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)